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Actress Mary Blackford at home following a car accident that left her partially paralyzed, Beverly Hills, 1935

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Title: Actress Mary Blackford at home following a car accident that left her partially paralyzed, Beverly Hills, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: June 10, 1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Actress Mary Blackford at home after eight months in the hospital following a car accident that left her partially paralyzed. Will Rogers and other Hollywood celebrities raised funds for Blackford following her accident. Blackford died from complications relating to her injuries in 1937.
Related to Los Angeles Time article, "They're Both Glad She's Home: Actress Studies Voice as Neck Injury Heals," 11 Jun. 1935: A3.
Handwritten on negative: Mary Blackford.
Text from negative sleeve: 1269. Box 1. Mary Blackford (actress.) Recovering from accident. 7/5/35. [Stamped:] Aug 1...
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10206
ark:/21198/zz002hb4ff
Subject: Actresses--American--California--Beverly Hills
Wounds & injuries--California--Beverly Hills
Blackford, Mary B. 1914-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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